Bank On It:[br] 'Underbanked' Corner of Sixth Avenue and West 21st Street–Now With Less Baggage!

Construction crews looked busy Thursday afternoon at the forthcoming Bank of America branch at 670 Avenue of the Americas.

One worker, who was wheeling in a big cart of equipment, suggested the place could be open for business by the end of April.

Bank of America has been planning to convert the modernish, funky-looking, two-levellandmarked building to a financial center since at least 2005.

The site was once home to Innovation Luggage and a cheap men’s suits store upstairs.

It will be the sixth B of A location within a 1-mile radius.

A company spokesperson informed The Real Estate via email that the so-called “Bank of Opportunity” is still looking to provide even more opportunities in the city: “We plan to continue to open new banking centers in Manhattan where we see as underbanked areas.”

– Chris Shott

UPDATE: According to the company, “the center will open in late spring, will take up 2 floors, and will be about 6,000 sq ft.”